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We all have that moment at some point in our lives — that moment when the world is crashing in around us, when it feels like your life just drove off a cliff and you don’t know what to do.
When that moment happens, you have to get up off the bath-room floor and wash your face, slap on some mascara and go about your life like it isn’t falling apart. Everything is fine.
At least, that’s what the world needs to think.
I’m Jeanette, owner of The Wellness Cooperative here in Alexandria, and this is my experience with heartbreak, keeping my life on track, and doing it holistically.
That moment for me was a Thursday afternoon when I found out my almost four-year relationship was over. Immediately, my thoughts went to our plans and this new business I bought with him. What on Earth was I going to do now?!
Well, first I did what any woman would do: I canceled happy hour, sat on my bathroom floor and cried for about 4 days. But, I’m a business owner. Living in a cave was not an option and since I am in the holistic alternative healing world, neither was Xanax.
Luckily for me I have a magic box of potions, also known as essential oils. I have used essential oils for years to help maintain my physical and mental health. A drop of clove a day to keep my immune system happy, some wild orange to keep my energy up, a motivation blend to get me through things like these articles or payroll.
Now was time for me to practice things I had taught other people but had no personal experience with: oils for pulling it together and putting on the brave face. Let’s look at the symptoms of an emotional breakdown:
Anxiety? Sadness? Fatigue? Lack of focus? Check, check, check and check.
It could have been easy to reach for the lavender because that is the go-to for stress management and calm, but lavender wasn’t going to cut it for this kind of pain, nor was it going to keep me focused when I needed to focus on my business and the next steps in my life.
I would love to tell you what my exact magic potion was that got me to the point of clarity and peace, but it varied from moment to moment. In the moments when the tears wanted to fall, I was reaching for a blend of sandalwood, rose, frank-incense and patchouli. A moment later, vetiver was in the diffuser to help me regain focus and open my heart chakra (apparently you can’t run a heart-based business with a closed-heart chakra).
Half-way through the day when holding it together had me exhausted, wild orange and peppermint were a pick-me-up instead of that sixth espresso shot. Time for sleep? Magnolia to calm my nerves and soothe me to rest.
After a couple of weeks of constant concoctions, Reiki and an emotional release abdominal massage, clarity and peace came to me. The world became my oyster again and now my oil routine is based on sore feet from being out dancing, oils to be creative in my new ventures and things that make me feel strong and confident.
In moments like now, I could not have been more grateful for my holistic background, where I could use the gifts Earth gave us to help get through a time when I could have gotten lost in or ended up on anxiety and depression medication forever.
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